News International big boss flings himself overboard

News International boss Tom Mockridge resigned on Sunday less than two years after taking the chief exec role following the departure of Rebekah Brooks. Her exit in July 2011 marked the height of the phone-hacking scandal that engulfed the Rupert Murdoch-owned British newspaper biz.

He will move on from News Int'l at the end of the month.

Parent company News Corp has been undergoing a massive restructure with Murdoch announcing in June this year that he would divorce the publishing wing of his empire from the broadcasting and entertainment division.